With normalization in bilateral ties between Turkey and Russia, the number of arrivals from Russia to Antalya has seen a sharp rise, as more than 2.6 million Russians visited the resort in the January-August period. This was a 2.536 percent year-on-year increase. Russia therefore again became the top market for Antalya’s tourism by taking a 33 percent share in total.

Ukraine was the third top market for Antalya. Some 545,278 Ukrainians visited Antalya in the firs